Trouble in Paradise by Three Way

Chapter 0652

Leo stopped in his tracks but didn't turn around. I knew he was waiting for me to speak.

"Leo, you knew, didn't you..." The thought of those photos made my voice tremble involuntarily.

Nelson wasn't the only one who knew about those photos. At the very least, the security tearn on the third floor of The Secret knew, and so did Claudia.

Thinking about the call I'd just received from Claudia-was the "secret" she mentioned referring to those photos?

Lec didn't look back, but I heard him take a deep breath. "If you behave yourself, no one else will find out."

His voice was so emotionless that I couldn't discem whether his words were a warning or something else.

Nicholas was furious, clearly interpreting Leo's words as a blatant provocation, showing no respect for him. "Leo! Don't you dare..."

"Nicholas," I interrupted softly before he could finish. "Let him go."

felt dazed, my gaze drifting aimlessly,

a chair to sit beside

things from him. It filled him with a sense of

picked up my spoon, putting a bite of food in my mouth and chewing it repeatedly. It

been delayed long enough that it's getting cold. It won't

spoon from my hand. "If you don't want to eat, then don't. I'll have someone bring

not that hungry anyway-I'm already

there something you're hiding from me? Something you can't tell me?" Nicholas expression looked genuinely

some reason, seeing the slight tears in his dark eyes stirred a sense of guilt in me. But I couldn't even pinpoint

to be Yasmine's boyfriend, didn't he? I just wanted to ask if he knew about the shady dealings

Secret. I feel bad for Yasmine-after all, he was

gaze deepened, clearly unconvinced. What I said didn't match Leo's cryptic response

tell him. So, no matter how much he pressed, it would be

his rough

"Ari," he called softly.